HISTORICAL FIGURES: www.benfranklin300.org/timeline/ Students can play, listen, watch, observe and have fun learning about Benjamin Franklin’s life and legacy. Students can explore Franklin’s life by different themes such as Franklin’s character, B. Franklin Printer, Franklin at Home, Doing Good, Franklin at Home, and World Stage. This feature breaks Franklin’s life down into manageable pieces for students and provides a well rounded understanding of who Franklin was and why he is an important figure in American history. As students explore the timeline, they will find quotes, stories, videos, and audio about Benjamin Franklin.
CURRENT EVENTS: www.icue.com iCue is a fun, innovative learning environment built around video from the NBC News
Archives. Videos, games, and activities correlated to courses in U.S. History, U.S. Government
and Politics, and English Language and Composition, and more. A community of friends and learners engaged in discussion around academics, current
events, and important issues. A collection of Video Cue Cards, with thousands of video clips from the NBC News
archives wrapped in a tradable, interactive virtual card.
Audio Files: **http://www.jfklibrary.org/** A transcript is provided with each audio file for students to follow along with the audio, best part...real
audio of JFK
Webquests: http://www.webquest.org is an excellent site. Left side, click on "Find Webquests". Put in subject area and one keyword to search. Example: "Language" EnglishLincoln "In title/description". Be really daring and create your own!!
http://www.virsona.com/ecchat.aspx?cvid=212 you can actually chat with Abe and learn from him. The more you play the more he learns. A great site for interaction and learning. You can also allow students to add facts and teach Abe as they research info. Simply ask a question and click the teach button, Abe gets smarter. Very cool tool. Create your own virsonas too for more famous people. Imagine how much kids could learn from this. It's a must see.
History: http://www.jmu.edu/madison/teacher/menu.htm There is a good template for jeopardy and double jeopardy. There are also a couple of good lessons for teaching U. S. history---election of 1960 and Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire."
http://talkinghistory.oah.org Organization of American Historians talking history podcasts. They have stopped creating podcasts as of 2006 but there are still a large number of talking history podcasts on the website.
http://abrahamlincolnmagic.wikispaces.com/ website created by teachers to commemorate the 200th anniversary of A. Lincoln's birth. They are looking for contributors and other teachers to join.
http://nationalmockelection.org/how_educators.html really good site for having a mock election at your school.
The site contains teaching resources along with the ability to have a mock election at your school and see election results.
The Holocaust: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/resource.htm Has almost every resource on the Holocaust a teacher would need. Virtual movies depicting concentration camps, movie clips, software resources, primary sources, photo galleries, music, quizzes, maps, and much more.
Geography: www.world66.com allows users to customize a map of the world for personal travels or for an assignment to investigate a particular place.
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov (NASA's World Wind) lets the user zoom from satellite altitude into any place on earth
www.wherethehellismatt.com Website following a young man's travels around the earth since 2005. His journal make for very interest reading. Maps of his travels are great! Videos show him either running through various parts of the world or dancing with people from all over the world.
www.google.com This creates a timeline for you
Here is a great Google trick if you want a timeline for a special event.
Type <what you want a timeline of> view:timeline
This will create an instant timeline of all the events during
whatever you are looking for.
Example: Try this one to see what I mean...
WWII view:timeline
IN THE NEWS:
As recent news stories covering Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi
scheme<http://tbm.thebigmoney.com/articles/judgments/2008/12/12/madoff-dilemma> have
reported, individuals who do not know how to make sound economic decisions about
investing can easily become victims of investment fraud. The Pennsylvania Office of
Financial Education, in its role as a clearinghouse of financial education, would
like to highlight classroom resources available through the Pennsylvania Securities
Commission that will help prepare high school students as they enter the real world
of finance and investing.
-- The Basics of Saving and Investing: Investor Education 2020
Unit 4 on Investor Fraud from the Investor Protection Trust teaches about major
types of investment scams such as Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes and affinity fraud.
Lessons include a glossary of terms, myths and reality of investment fraud and an
investment fraud script for students to role play. Learn more... http://www.psc.state.pa.us/investor/index.html and http://www.investorprotection.org/teach/?fa=basics.
--Investment Fraud BINGO
The Pennsylvania Securities Commission has created a BINGO game that teachers and
students can use to review information and terms involving investment fraud. The
program uses Microsoft Access to generate bingo sheets and a master sheet listing
all the numbers and text for the caller. Learn more... http://www.psc.state.pa.us/investor/index.html.
--Guest Speakers
The Investor Education Department of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission can
provide speakers for your high school classroom on a variety of investor education
and protection topics. For more details on how to schedule a presentation, contact
Christina Kotsalos at (800) 600-0007.
Teachers and students can visit Your Money's Best Friend at
www.moneysbestfriend.com<http://www.moneysbestfriend.com/> to find more resources
available to deepen their understanding of financial issues. Contact Mary
Rosenkrans, school-based financial specialist, at marosenkra@state.pa.us<mailto:marosenkra@state.pa.us> to learn more about the
services provided by the Office of Financial Education. The Office's school-based
initiative is a joint effort between the Pennsylvania Departments of Banking and
Education.
This above map can be found along with other "Maps of War" at www.mapsofwar.com
MORE INTERACTIVE MAPS (Great for the Promethean Board):
This a GREAT interactive World War II map.
**http://www.alov.org/sample/world.html** When country is clicked, it changes color
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/online-atlas.htm
http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/ Lots of details
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/maps/interactivemaps.html
http://atlas.7jigen.net/
http://english.freemap.jp/ Free printable maps
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/ National Geographic Xpeditions Atlas. Made for printing and copying
http://atlas.7jigen.net/ Interactive world atlas with information and links of the areas
http://findcountry.appspot.com/ Interactive Map - Quiz practice
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Asian_Geography.htm Great Maps Site!!
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/calculator/ CNN Interactive election map
http://www.unitedstreaming.com/hotbox/atlas/CosmeoAtlas.htm Discovery Atlas. Great interactive atlas with lots of information!
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/online-atlas.htm Online Atlas
http://globalis.gvu.unu.edu/ This map shows the impact from the human society on the ecosystems of the world. National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Services Interactive Maps
http://cff4bahs.wikispaces.com/National+Environmental+Satellite+Data+and+Information+Services+Interactive+Maps
http://nmviewogc.cr.usgs.gov/viewer.htm
http://www.pasda.psu.edu/
SOCIAL STUDIES (thanks Mrs. Cerminaro):
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/01/17/washington/2009117_ADDRESSES.html
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm
http://playinghistory.org
http://www.iu19.wikispaces.com
http://www.globalcoin.org/ The following website emphasizes World Languages, World Cultures, and global issues.
Supreme Court Decisions:
http://www.oyez.org/cases archived Supreme Court arguments and decisions, and digitized some
of the decisions since 1955.
Everything but the kitchen sink:
**http://www.historyteachersattic.com/**
**http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/textbooks/2006/calder/un_syllabus.html**
Google Earth Trips and History Tours:
**https**://mail.valleyviewsd.org/src/download.php?startMessage=1&passed_id=3425&mailbox=INBOX&ent_id=2&passed_ent_id=0 Google Earth Magellean's Trip around the world
http://historytours.wikispaces.com/ Teacher created history tours
http://www.easternstate.org/tour/ Virtual tour of the Eastern State Penitentiary
HISTORICAL FIGURES:
www.benfranklin300.org/timeline/ Students can play, listen, watch, observe and have fun learning about Benjamin Franklin’s life and legacy. Students can explore Franklin’s life by different themes such as Franklin’s character, B. Franklin Printer, Franklin at Home, Doing Good, Franklin at Home, and World Stage. This feature breaks Franklin’s life down into manageable pieces for students and provides a well rounded understanding of who Franklin was and why he is an important figure in American history. As students explore the timeline, they will find quotes, stories, videos, and audio about Benjamin Franklin.
http://orwelldiaries.wordpress.com/ George Orwell Diaries in real time.
MEDIEVAL CASTLES:
http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/plan_your_day/explore_the_castle.asp
http://delicious.com/k12geek/castles
CURRENT EVENTS:
www.icue.com iCue is a fun, innovative learning environment built around video from the NBC News
Archives. Videos, games, and activities correlated to courses in U.S. History, U.S. Government
and Politics, and English Language and Composition, and more. A community of friends and learners engaged in discussion around academics, current
events, and important issues. A collection of Video Cue Cards, with thousands of video clips from the NBC News
archives wrapped in a tradable, interactive virtual card.
http://www.weekinrap.com/ The top stories of the week put to rap
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/default.asp It only opens the headline page, but most of them have Websites if you want to see the rest of the paper too.
FREE IMAGES:
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ AWESOME RESOURCE!!! Thanks Beverly for the resource!
http://www.loc.gov/index.html Library of Congress
http://www.archives.gov/ National Archives
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html Library of Congress/American Memory Project
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html Library of Congress Print and Reading Room. NOT ALL IMAGES ARE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
http://www.lib.washington.edu/types/images/ University of Washington Library
http://www.bu.edu/library/instruction/findimages/index.html Boston University Library
The History Channel:
http://www.history.com/
MAGPI:
www.magpi.net
Audio Files:
**http://www.jfklibrary.org/** A transcript is provided with each audio file for students to follow along with the audio, best part...real
audio of JFK
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/index.php American Presidency Project -- Excellent Resource
Webquests:
http://www.webquest.org is an excellent site. Left side, click on "Find Webquests". Put in subject area and one keyword to search. Example: "Language" English Lincoln "In title/description". Be really daring and create your own!!
http://www.virsona.com/ecchat.aspx?cvid=212 you can actually chat with Abe and learn from him. The more you play the more he learns. A great site for interaction and learning. You can also allow students to add facts and teach Abe as they research info. Simply ask a question and click the teach button, Abe gets smarter. Very cool tool. Create your own virsonas too for more famous people. Imagine how much kids could learn from this. It's a must see.
Psychology:
**http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/best-online-psychology-tests/** This article from the NY Times lists the 10 best personality tests online.
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/takeatest.html From Harvard, a series of bias tests.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/3d/ Great virtual brain website
History:
http://www.jmu.edu/madison/teacher/menu.htm There is a good template for jeopardy and double jeopardy. There are also a couple of good lessons for teaching U. S. history---election of 1960 and Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire."
http://talkinghistory.oah.org Organization of American Historians talking history podcasts. They have stopped creating podcasts as of 2006 but there are still a large number of talking history podcasts on the website.
http://abrahamlincolnmagic.wikispaces.com/ website created by teachers to commemorate the 200th anniversary of A. Lincoln's birth. They are looking for contributors and other teachers to join.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi Created by the Library of Congress. Great website that highlights "America's Story".
U.S. and World History:
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/history/historypages.htm
The Civil War:
http://blog.teachthecivilwar.com/
http://java.nationalgeographic.com/maps/civilwar/
http://www.history.com/civilwar/shermansmarch/
http://www.civilwar.org/maps/
http://civilwarsallie.wikispaces.com/
http://www.teachthecivilwar.com/
Mock Elections:
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/mockelection/site/default.asp PA Dept. of State student mock election.
http://nationalmockelection.org/how_educators.html really good site for having a mock election at your school.
The site contains teaching resources along with the ability to have a mock election at your school and see election results.
Ancient Rome:
http://www.romereborn.virginia.edu/ Site has video clips
http://exploringancientrome.wikispaces.com/ Teacher website with student projects
World War I:
http://worldwar1.com
The Great Depression:
http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.php?lesson=EM558&page=teacher Great lesson. Solve the mystery of "Where did all the Money Go?"
http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=dhcwqzjd_222fmsbw524&preview=true Same lesson as above....different version
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dhcwqzjd_222fmsbw524 Another version
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/01_7_GreatDepression.pdf Lesson plans on Great Depression Adobe
The Holocaust:
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/resource.htm Has almost every resource on the Holocaust a teacher would need. Virtual movies depicting concentration camps, movie clips, software resources, primary sources, photo galleries, music, quizzes, maps, and much more.
http://www.bcisdvc.org/default.htm Videoconferencing with Holocaust survivors (some are free). Use keyword Holocaust.
http://www.ushmm.org/education/foreducators/ United States Holocaust Museum website.
The Oregon Trail:
http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/Oregontrail.html Historian podcasts, amount of supplies need to survive on the Oregon Trail, projects, interactive lessons.
Geography:
www.world66.com allows users to customize a map of the world for personal travels or for an assignment to investigate a particular place.
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov (NASA's World Wind) lets the user zoom from satellite altitude into any place on earth
www.wherethehellismatt.com Website following a young man's travels around the earth since 2005. His journal make for very interest reading. Maps of his travels are great! Videos show him either running through various parts of the world or dancing with people from all over the world.
http://www.360cities.net/ Great panoramic video of cities all over the world.
General Websites:
http://www.learn360.com
www.nettrekker.com
http://www.discoveryeducation.com
Political Cartoons:
http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons Website for political satire cartoons
Timeline Tools:
http://www.timetoast.com/ Easy timeline creator
www.google.com This creates a timeline for you
Here is a great Google trick if you want a timeline for a special event.
Type <what you want a timeline of> view:timeline
This will create an instant timeline of all the events during
whatever you are looking for.
Example: Try this one to see what I mean...
WWII view:timeline
Presidential Candidates:
http://abcnews.go.com/politics/MatchoMatic/fullpage?id=5542139 Great online quiz. Choose the statement you most agree with....who is your candidate? TIME SENSITIVE WEBSITE
http://www.votegopher.com/HTH.php TIME SENSITIVE WEBSITE
http://www.kqed.org/w/youdecide/index.html TIME SENSITIVE WEBSITE
Credit Crunch:
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5915403 a 2-minute video explaining the concept
of credit crunch. TIME SENSITIVE WEBSITE
IN THE NEWS:
As recent news stories covering Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion Ponzi
scheme<http://tbm.thebigmoney.com/articles/judgments/2008/12/12/madoff-dilemma> have
reported, individuals who do not know how to make sound economic decisions about
investing can easily become victims of investment fraud. The Pennsylvania Office of
Financial Education, in its role as a clearinghouse of financial education, would
like to highlight classroom resources available through the Pennsylvania Securities
Commission that will help prepare high school students as they enter the real world
of finance and investing.
-- The Basics of Saving and Investing: Investor Education 2020
Unit 4 on Investor Fraud from the Investor Protection Trust teaches about major
types of investment scams such as Ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes and affinity fraud.
Lessons include a glossary of terms, myths and reality of investment fraud and an
investment fraud script for students to role play. Learn more...
http://www.psc.state.pa.us/investor/index.html and
http://www.investorprotection.org/teach/?fa=basics.
-- FSI: Fraud Scene Investigator
This online interactive investor education program teaches and empowers students how
to detect and stop a million-dollar investment fraud and put the mysterious con man,
"Mr. X," behind bars. Students learn how to research companies and understand the
warning signs of fraudulent investment pitches. Learn more...
http://www.psc.state.pa.us/investor/index.html and
http://www.nasaa.org/Investor_Education/FSI/#<http://www.nasaa.org/Investor_Education/FSI/>.
--Investment Fraud BINGO
The Pennsylvania Securities Commission has created a BINGO game that teachers and
students can use to review information and terms involving investment fraud. The
program uses Microsoft Access to generate bingo sheets and a master sheet listing
all the numbers and text for the caller. Learn more...
http://www.psc.state.pa.us/investor/index.html.
--Guest Speakers
The Investor Education Department of the Pennsylvania Securities Commission can
provide speakers for your high school classroom on a variety of investor education
and protection topics. For more details on how to schedule a presentation, contact
Christina Kotsalos at (800) 600-0007.
Teachers and students can visit Your Money's Best Friend at
www.moneysbestfriend.com<http://www.moneysbestfriend.com/> to find more resources
available to deepen their understanding of financial issues. Contact Mary
Rosenkrans, school-based financial specialist, at
marosenkra@state.pa.us<mailto:marosenkra@state.pa.us> to learn more about the
services provided by the Office of Financial Education. The Office's school-based
initiative is a joint effort between the Pennsylvania Departments of Banking and
Education.
Live Election Results:
www.realclearpolitics.com
www.270towin.com
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/calculator/
Here are some great sites for American Histroy and Current events
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/ The living Room Candidate
http://hotzone.yahoo.com/ Kevin Sites "Hot Zone" world conflicts.